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EFF releases Chrome, Firefox plug-in to block third-party tracking
2014-07-22 13:20:10| InfoWorld: Top News
The Electronic Frontier Foundation, a digital privacy rights group, has released a downloadable plug-in for Chrome and Firefox designed to stop third parties from tracking people's Web browsing. The tool, Privacy Badger, is in beta and comes following an alpha launch several months ago. Since then more than 150,000 people have installed it, the EFF said Monday.
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EFF sues the NSA to disclose use of software security flaws
2014-07-02 12:51:41| InfoWorld: Top News
The Electronic Frontier Foundation, a prominent digital privacy rights group, has filed a lawsuit against the U.S. National Security Agency to get it to specify the extent to which it might exploit software security flaws.
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The EFF wants to improve your privacy by making your Wi-Fi public
2014-06-23 13:28:50| InfoWorld: Top News
Conventional wisdom dictates that to maintain your security and privacy, you should encrypt your Wi-Fi network. But what if the conventional wisdom is wrong? The Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) argues that partially opening up your home Wi-Fi network could actually enhance your privacy, and is working on a tool to make it easier to do so.
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Low adoption rate of HSTS website security mechanism is worrying, EFF says
2014-04-08 16:57:12| Wireless - Topix.net
Almost a year and a half after the HTTP Strict Transport Security mechanism was established as a standard, its adoption rate by websites remains low because developers are not aware of its benefits and Internet Explorer still doesn't support it, according to advocacy group the Electronic Frontier Foundation.
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Low adoption rate of HSTS website security mechanism is worrying, EFF says
2014-04-08 13:30:56| InfoWorld: Top News
Almost a year and a half after the HTTP Strict Transport Security (HSTS) mechanism was established as a standard, its adoption rate by websites remains low because developers are not aware of its benefits and Internet Explorer still doesn't support it, according to advocacy group the Electronic Frontier Foundation.
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